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Sep3 Organic Fortnight
Events across the UK
Soil Association Organic Fortnight is the nationwide celebration of all things organic, designed to increase awareness of living an organic lifestyle. To support the market back to growth and challenge the perception of elitism, this year’s theme pos...
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Sep6 Organic livestock auction [McCartneys]
The Livestock Market, Warren Road, Brecon, Powys LD3 8EX
For more information contact McCartneys on 01874 622386 or email breconmarket@mccartneys.co.uk
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Sep7 National Dairy Event
National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham B40 1NT
The Dairy Event and Livestock Show, now in its 134th year, is the UK’s largest livestock trade show with over 450 exhibitors. The event attracts 14,500 visitors from all parts of the UK together with international visitors from over 30 different c...
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Sep7 One Day Biodynamic Introductory Workshop
Grange Village, Dean Road, Newnham On Severn, Gloucestershire GL14 1HJ
Are you a farmer or grower who has wondered what biodynamics involves? Have you suspected there may be more to agriculture than simply manipulating natural science? Are you looking to improve the potential of your organic system? Biodynamics works mo...
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Sep11 Growing Well: an alternative way of doing business [Soil Association / OGA event]
Low Sizergh Farm, Low Sizergh, Kendal, Cumbria LA8 8AE
This event is being organised by the Organic Growers Association and the Soil Association Growing Well is a social enterprise based in Cumbria. Growing on 2ha, they produce organic vegetables for both wholesale and retail markets. Growing Well enc...
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Sep11 Organic Food Festival
Bristol Harbourside BS1 4HL
The Organic Food Festival is Europe’s largest showcase of all thingsorganic. Now celebrating its tenth anniversary, the Festivaldemonstrates the growth of the organic movement and the increasedrecognition of the role organic production can play in cr...
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Sep11 Practical Biodynamic Introductory Workshop
Trinity Farm, Awsworth Lane, Cossall, Nottingham NG16 2R
Trinity Farm is a biodynamic farm growing vegetables for a busy farm shop. These workshops provide a unique introduction to biodynamic farming, gardening and horticulture. Biodynamic is a well established organic and sustainable approach which pro...
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Sep15 Poultry stunning event [Humane Slaughter Association]
Plumpton College, East Sussex, BN7 3AE
The Humane Slaughter Association is running a poultry stunning course “On-farm slaughter of poultry” on 15 September 2010 at Plumpton College at Netherfield, near Battle, East Sussex. The course includes a theory element and a practical session which...
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Sep23 Grassland and Clover Management event [Soil Association Scotland event]
Forres, Morayshire
The technical session in the morning will include presentations from David Younie and Gavin Hill (SAC) - topics covered include grassland productivity, utilisation and optimum stocking rates, choice of grass and clover specie...
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Sep29 Soil Association organic dairy calf event
Lawrenny Village Hall, Pembrokeshire, SA68 0PW
The Soil Association is hosting a free event on Wednesday 29 September at Lawrenny Village Hall, Pembrokeshire to provide ‘best practice’ advice to dairy producers on developing a plan to avoid the killing of healthy dairy calves. This event is p...
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Oct2 Home smoking and Aga course at Bluebell Croft
Strontian, Ardnamurchan, Scotland PH36 4JA
The smoking course covers all the basics of home-smoking from building the smoker and generating the right kind of smoke to brining and curing fish and meat, turning it into succulent smoked food and then, most importantly, eating it! The course will...
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Oct2 Biodynamic Food Fortnight
Events across the UK
This is the fourth Biodynamic Food Fortnight arranged through the BDAA. There will be a host of exciting events, talks, films on all aspects of biodynamics taking place right across the country during the two weeks. 'Sowing the Future' event...
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Oct5 Biodynamic Beginners Course - 2 days
Hawkwood College, Painswick Old Road, Stroud GL6 7QW
This course aims to provide participants with a basic understanding of and the tools for beginning to work with the biodynamic approach to farming and gardening. The course takes place over six days – two days each at monthly intervals. On Tuesday ev...
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Oct6 Lady Eve Lecture
Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
This year's Lady Eve Lecture is given by Andrew Simms, policy director of the new economics foundation. The credit crunch, fuel and food price rises, the looming reality of runaway climate change and critical resource depletion, how did we get int...
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Oct7 Developing On Farm Renewables [Soil Association Scotland event]
The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Laurencekirk, AB30 1HB‎
A session in the morning will look at understanding how renewables work; installing and funding for renewables; what is available; generating returns from renewables. Speakers include Maitland Mackie, Ian Cowe, Forestry Commission, Simon Munro, Logan...
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Oct13 Elsoms Seeds Autumn Open Days
Elsoms Seeds, Spalding, Lincolnshire PE11 1QG
Elsoms are pleased to announce that their Autumn Open Days will take place on the 13-14 October. The trials will include a range of Brassicas including Brussels sprouts, cabbage and cauliflower as well as other crops such as beet, herbs, baby leaf an...
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Oct14 Selling Organic: The Next Chapter
Barceló Oxford Hotel, Oxfordshire OX2 8AL
Organic Conferences and Organic Farmers & Growers are joining forces once again to launch 'Selling Organic: The Next Chapter'. Key figures from retailing, processing, production and marketing will once again gather to debate the progress...
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Oct21 Organic Centre Wales: Organic Producers' Conference 2010
Royal Welsh Showground, Builth Wells, LD2 3NJ
Entitled 'Production or Preservation', this Organic Cetnre Wales annual conference will be back at the Royal Welsh Showground this year. We will be considering whether the objectives of food production, food security and agri-environment sc...
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Oct27 Presentation of sustainable animal feed report and discussion [Soil Association event]
South Plaza, Marlborough Street, Bristol BS1 3NX
We would like to invite our members to a presentation of our new report 'Feeding the animals that feed us', followed by a discussion on how wecan work towards more sustainable food systems by resolving the issuesit raises. Please email aleech@soilass...
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Nov2 Biodynamic Beginners Course - 2 days
Grange Village, Newnham-on-Severn, Gloucestershire GL14 1HJ
This course aims to provide participants with a basic understanding of and the tools for beginning to work with the biodynamic approach to farming and gardening. The course takes place over six days – two days each at monthly intervals. On Tuesday ev...
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Nov13 Home smoking and Aga course at Bluebell Croft
Strontian, Ardnamurchan, Scotland PH36 4JA
The smoking course covers all the basics of home-smoking from building the smoker and generating the right kind of smoke to brining and curing fish and meat, turning it into succulent smoked food and then, most importantly, eating it! The course will...
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Nov17 AgriScot
The Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh
AgriScot, now widely regarded as one of the premier events in UK agriculture, continues to develop its appeal to all sectors of the industry... both to the trade and to a wide cross section of farmers eager to seek out the products, services, advice ...
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Nov29 Welsh Winter Fair
The Royal Welsh Showground, Builth Wells
The 21st Royal Welsh Winter Fair promises to be another excellent primestock event and will feature a tremendous display of livestock, showing off the best of British farming. The event has a special Christmas atmosphere, so why not come and see u...
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Jan17 Organic Research Centre: Organic Producer Conference
Cotswold Water Park Four Pillars Hotel, Spine Road East, South Cerney, Gloucestershire GL7 5FP
The Organic Research Centre's Organic Producer Conference is scheduled for 17-18 January 2011 at a new venue: The Cotswold Water Park Four Pillars Hotel near Cirencester. More information to follow later this year.
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Feb9 Soil Association Annual Conference 2011
Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square M2 5DB
‘Food and the Big Society’  - this two-day event is a public debate on how food and farming can provide a mechanism for combating some of the major challenges that are confronting us, including climate change, health inequalities, building socia...
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